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ARTHUR LEE ANDREWS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1946 – February 25, 1969
Service recordArthur Lee Andrews, of Sopchoppy, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 48
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Sopchoppy, Florida (Wakulla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 48
- FRANKLIN DELANO BRYANCaptain · February 25, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS HAREPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE HEIMCorporal · February 25, 1969
- ARNOLD HILB-SCHELEINPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR WAYNE BARTLETT SRSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 42
- MARTIN T BATCHELOR JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 43
- RUSSELL JAMES HOLLANDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 49
- RICHARD LOUIS LANCTOTSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 52
- JOSEPH B OLIPHANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 54
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 60
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.